Game apparatus



Och 20, 1925. 1,558,088

J. w. HANLEY GAME APPARATUS Filed Aug; 4, 1924 w rml E I! Patented Get. 2t 1925.

UNITE!) STATES:

JOHN W. HANL-EY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GAME APPAEATUS.

Application filed August 4, 1924.

To all QUILT-77L it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN Within: HAN- Lnr, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, borough of Manhattan, inthe county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Game Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to games and toys and has particular reference to game apparatus involving skill and dexterity.

Among the objects of the invention is to provioe a novel construction or arrange ment of mechanisms involving the manual control or projection of round or rolling game pieces directed toward a peculiar arrangement or design of target or goal.

irnother object of the invention is to construct game apparatus suitable not only for playing or manipulation by children on a table or on the fioor and capable of being stored away when out of use in a relatively small place, but also adapted for construction on a larger scale and adapted for outdoor use in amusement parks or other public places and to be played with much amuse ment by people of all ages or classes.

More specifically, the apparatus includes a multiplicity of disk shaped members to be manipulated by one or more persons, in competition when more than one are so engaged, and so projected as to be directed or aimed toward goals or targets remote from the projectors in succession, the projection of the game pieces involving an element of skill, while the objectives or goals aimed at: may be regarded bythe players not only as more objects or targets to be aimed at, but as objectives of peculiar significance. In the carrying out in a practical manner this object, I have devised for opposite ends of the apparatus objectives in the nature of receptacles or buildings which in the significance of the child may be thought of as cages or coops into which the game pieces,

regarded as animate objects, may be driven or chased from opposite ends of the field, or the objectives may be regarded as savings bank into which the game pieces, thought of as coins or money, may be delivered for competitive savings contests.

A further object of the invention is to provide a projector as a piece of apparatus for use in connection with a rolling game piece or projectile so constructed as to be placed, guided, or variously manipulated in Serial No. 728,886.

order to assist the player in aiming the projectile or game piece for the utmost accuracy in delivery.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of on. adaptation of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section detail on the broken line 22 of Fig. 1, but on a somewhat larger scale.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modification of a projector.

g. 4: is a plan view of a modified form of field and target.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section on the line 5 of Fig. l.

Fig. 6 is a vertical edge view of a modified form of disk or rolling member.

Fig. 7 is a side elevation of a further modification of disk.

Referring now more specifically to the drawings and especially to the first form of the device shown, 10 indicates a rectangular member which may beregarded as the field and which for the sake of convenience may be hinged along its mid portion at 11 so as to be readily folded in a manner well understood in game apparatus. A vertical flange l2 surrounds this iield for confining the game pieces thereto and for limiting the movements of the other movable parts. If this field be thought of in the juvenile activities as the door yards or gardens of two adjoining neighbors, the respective end portions thereof may each be supplied with a receptacle 13 shown as of generally rectangular construction with an open bottom and with all sides and ends closed except as soon to be described and which may be thought of as a haven or coop for property such as chickens of the several neighbors. Along one vertical side of each coop facing the opposite coop are formed a series of vertical slots 14f. affording free admission into the coop. Adjacent to the center of each coop or haven is provided a narrow vertical arc shapedrunivay or chute 15 having an admission slot 16 at its upper end in the top panel of the haven and a vertical exit slot 17 atits lower end. This slot 1'? is in line with the aforesaid slots 14 and has the same general appearance at the front of the haven.

Placed in erect position midway between the havens and over the joint 11 of the field is a panel 18 which may be regarded in the play as a line fence between the two gardens and under which the game pieces may be projected or driven from one garden to the other and into the remote haven or coop.

The game pieces are indicated at .9 in the form of disks. These game pieces being dropped downward through a-slot 16 will gravitate and roll through the runway 15 and emerging from the slot 17 will roll un der the fence and approach the opposite haven and will either roll into or through one of the slots 14 or strike and be stopped against either a portion of the wall, of the haven or some other barrier.

The player by adjusting the position of the projector with respect to the immediate support therefor may so direct the direction of movement of the game piece as to increase the likelihood of its entering a certain remote slot 1%. That is to say, the projector may be moved bodily endwise from side to side of the field or it may be moved slightly angularly of the field for the purpose oi directing the game piece, but among the many various rules -for playing the game it will be understood thatthe projector in the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 must at least touch some part of? the flange or obstacle 12. Thus it will be observed that in the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 each haven 13 may be thought of as a combined target and runway or chute, the runway constituting a projector with respect to the player who manipulates it in relation to the field or game board and at the same time the haven or receptacle constitutes a goal or target tor the opposite player while he manipulates his own projector. As thus far described, the game pieces 19 may be regarded as chickens and of different colors corresponding to the several owners of the same and the game may be thought of as involving the function of each player chasing the chickens of his neighbor back into the coop where they belong.

In Fig. 3 I show a form of projector having a runway 15' having practically the same physical characteristics as the runway above described including an admission slot 16 at th top and a delivery slot 17 at the bottom. This runway is provided with a holder 13 which in connection with a foot 20 may stand erect the same as the haven 13 so as to be manipulated while so standing upon the field or it may be held in the hand, the holder 13 serving in the capacity of a pistol handle, so that the player may in effect shoot the game piece as a projectile from the projector, but in all cases directing it toward the remote haven or goal 1 3, regarded as a target. In the manipulation of this form or" projector, the player grasping the support or holder 13 in his hand holds his thumb over the slot 16 and then with the delivery end of the device elevated, the game pie-e 19 is inserted at the delivery slot. The manner of projecting the game piec then is to swing the device forward and uownward. causing the muzzle end thereof to approach or pass the horizontal, when the nc piece will roll with more or less force Trom the projector toward the target.

The form of the field 10 shown in Figs. -1 and 5 includes the painting, pasting, or otherwise applying to one end or other suitable portion thereof a horizontal target 13 indicated as being provided with a simple bulls eye 21 and a series of concentric and diiterently colored circular zones 22 surrounding it. This target is formed with a plurality of slots 14: which may be arranged in any desired relation to one another or the zones to which they pertain. As indicated the slots all pertain to the particiilarzones although they might be otherwise arranged. In the playing of the game difierent numeral values may be attributed to the slots in the various zones, and the specific rules may be varied almost indefinitely with respect to the details of the operation or playing of the game in any of its various terms. As is plainly shown in Fig. 7. the flange 12' supports the field 10 somewhat above the table so that any game piece 19 entering slot will be self supported in erect position therein until the game is over. Any suitable form of projector may be employed in connection with this form oi field either as shown in Fig. 1 or in Fig. 3 or the like.

lVhile I rater herein to an are shaped runway it will be understood that any other form would sutlice so long as a slant or inclination is provided to afford sufficient impetus to the rolling member to project it across or along the field. The rolling members may be either single 01' multiple disks. Fig. 6 shows a multiple disk structure 19 and Fig. 7 shows the idea of making teeth or points on the periphery of the disk 19", a feature that is of merit in certain adaptations of the game. especially when a waver? ing or staggering motion is to be imparted to the rolling member. The faces of the disks may if desired be inscribed with names, figures, or other distinguishing features.

I claim:

1. In game apparatus of the nature set forth, the combination with a field and rerumsaoes mote mechanism. of a combined projector and target manipulatable as a unit over the z'ield, said projector being adapted for directing a game piece toward said remote illtCllilillf il while the target constitutes a goal with respect to a game piece projected 't'roni said remote mechanism.

2. In game apparatus the combination with a field. of a combined projector and target at each end thereof. the projector of each combined projector and target being related to the opposed target and being mani riulatable with its combined target in relation to the tield by the player adjacent thereto.

3. In game apparatus a field and a manually controlled projector for a rolling game piece and IO'VZLblQ by the player with relation to the field, said projector comprising an are shaped runwa having an open admission slot at its upper end and an ooen delivery slot at its lower end, said two slots being arranged at an angle to each other, and means to support therunway in a substantially vertical plane,

+t. In game apparatus, a field, a combined target and projector means at each end of the hold comprising a structure having a plurality otf vertical slots spaced along; a face thereof and a projector integral with said structure and connuuuicatingr with one of said slots. and a rolling game piece dis chargeable from the projector of one of said structures and into the opposite structure through the slots aforesaid. said structures being; movable upon the field "for the purpose of directing the angle of movement of said game pieces.

In game apparatus a field a projector means at one end of the field, a rolling game piece to be discharged "from said projector, said projector being movable by the operator to direct the angl of movement of said game piece and a structure at the other end of said field havingr a pluralit of spaced vertical slots adapted to receive said game pieces said structure being movable upon the field in accordance with the plan of the operator in directing the angle of movement of said game piece.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOHN W. HANLEY. 

